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Australia v South Africa @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
26, 27, 28, 29, 30 December 2008
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: B Doctrove, Aleem Dar
Third Umpire: Bruce Oxenford
Match Referee: Ranjan Madugalle
Match Result: South Africa won by 9 wickets
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Matthew Hayden | c Jean-Paul Duminy b Makhaya Ntini | 8 | 17 | - | 1 | - |
| 2. Simon Katich | b Dale Steyn | 54 | 109 | - | 6 | - |
| *3. Ricky Ponting | c Hashim Amla b Paul Harris | 101 | 126 | - | 11 | 1 |
| 4. Michael Hussey | c Mark Boucher b Dale Steyn | 0 | 9 | - | - | - |
| 5. Michael Clarke | not out | 88 | 208 | - | 4 | 1 |
| 6. Andrew Symonds | c Jacques Kallis b Morne Morkel | 27 | 55 | - | 5 | - |
| +7. Brad Haddin | c Graeme Smith b Makhaya Ntini | 40 | 71 | - | 5 | - |
| 8. Brett Lee | c Jacques Kallis b Dale Steyn | 21 | 21 | - | 5 | - |
| 9. Mitchell Johnson | b Dale Steyn | 0 | 3 | - | - | - |
| 10. Nathan Hauritz | c Graeme Smith b Dale Steyn | 12 | 21 | - | 2 | - |
| 11. Peter Siddle | c AB de Villiers b Jacques Kallis | 19 | 49 | - | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-21 (Matthew Hayden), 2-128 (Simon Katich), 3-143 (Michael Hussey), 4-184 (Ricky Ponting), 5-223 (Andrew Symonds), 6-277 (Brad Haddin), 7-322 (Brett Lee), 8-326 (Mitchell Johnson), 9-352 (Nathan Hauritz), 394 (Peter Siddle). |
| Extras | 5b, 12lb, 0w, 7nb, 0pen) 24 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 113.4 ovs) 394 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Dale Steyn | 29 | 6 | 87 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Makhaya Ntini | 27 | 7 | 108 | 2 | (0w,1nb) |
| Jacques Kallis | 18.4 | 4 | 55 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Morne Morkel | 22 | 3 | 89 | 1 | (0w,6nb) |
| Paul Harris | 17 | 3 | 38 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Graeme Smith | c Brad Haddin b Peter Siddle | 62 | 113 | - | 7 | - |
| 2. Neil McKenzie | b Peter Siddle | 0 | 5 | - | - | - |
| 3. Hashim Amla | c Andrew Symonds b Mitchell Johnson | 19 | 30 | - | 1 | - |
| 4. Jacques Kallis | c Brad Haddin b Nathan Hauritz | 26 | 53 | - | 2 | - |
| 5. AB de Villiers | b Peter Siddle | 7 | 51 | - | - | - |
| 6. Jean-Paul Duminy | c Peter Siddle b Nathan Hauritz | 166 | 340 | - | 18 | - |
| +7. Mark Boucher | c Michael Hussey b Nathan Hauritz | 3 | 15 | - | - | - |
| 8. Morne Morkel | b Mitchell Johnson | 21 | 39 | - | 4 | - |
| 9. Paul Harris | c Mitchell Johnson b Michael Hussey | 39 | 67 | - | 4 | - |
| 10. Dale Steyn | b Peter Siddle | 76 | 191 | - | 9 | 1 |
| 11. Makhaya Ntini | not out | 2 | 29 | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-1 (Neil McKenzie), 2-39 (Hashim Amla), 3-102 (Jacques Kallis), 4-126 (Graeme Smith), 5-132 (AB de Villiers), 6-141 (Mark Boucher), 7-184 (Morne Morkel), 8-251 (Paul Harris), 9-431 (Dale Steyn), 459 (Jean-Paul Duminy). |
| Extras | 5b, 13lb, 0w, 15nb, 5pen) 38 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 153 ovs) 459 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Brett Lee | 13 | 2 | 68 | 0 | (0w,7nb) |
| Peter Siddle | 34 | 9 | 81 | 4 | (0w,4nb) |
| Mitchell Johnson | 39 | 6 | 127 | 2 | (0w,3nb) |
| Nathan Hauritz | 43 | 13 | 98 | 3 | (0w,1nb) |
| Michael Clarke | 8 | 0 | 26 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Michael Hussey | 5 | 0 | 22 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Andrew Symonds | 11 | 3 | 14 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Matthew Hayden | c Jean-Paul Duminy b Dale Steyn | 23 | 28 | - | 3 | - |
| 2. Simon Katich | c Mark Boucher b Dale Steyn | 15 | 40 | - | 2 | - |
| *3. Ricky Ponting | c Graeme Smith b Morne Morkel | 99 | 169 | - | 8 | - |
| 4. Michael Hussey | c Hashim Amla b Morne Morkel | 2 | 8 | - | - | - |
| 5. Michael Clarke | c Neil McKenzie b Dale Steyn | 29 | 79 | - | 4 | - |
| 6. Andrew Symonds | c Jacques Kallis b Dale Steyn | 0 | 5 | - | - | - |
| +7. Brad Haddin | c Jacques Kallis b Makhaya Ntini | 10 | 35 | - | - | 1 |
| 8. Brett Lee | b Jacques Kallis | 8 | 21 | - | 1 | - |
| 9. Mitchell Johnson | not out | 43 | 85 | - | 5 | - |
| 10. Nathan Hauritz | b Jacques Kallis | 3 | 23 | - | - | - |
| 11. Peter Siddle | c Mark Boucher b Dale Steyn | 6 | 18 | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-37 (Matthew Hayden), 2-40 (Simon Katich), 3-49 (Michael Hussey), 4-145 (Michael Clarke), 5-145 (Andrew Symonds), 6-165 (Brad Haddin), 7-180 (Brett Lee), 8-212 (Ricky Ponting), 9-231 (Nathan Hauritz), 247 (Peter Siddle). |
| Extras | 1b, 3lb, 0w, 5nb, 0pen) 9 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 84.2 ovs) 247 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Dale Steyn | 20.2 | 3 | 67 | 5 | (0w,1nb) |
| Makhaya Ntini | 14 | 1 | 26 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Morne Morkel | 15 | 2 | 46 | 2 | (0w,4nb) |
| Paul Harris | 21 | 1 | 47 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jacques Kallis | 14 | 1 | 57 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Graeme Smith | lbw b Nathan Hauritz | 75 | 94 | - | 10 | - |
| 2. Neil McKenzie | not out | 59 | 140 | - | 3 | 1 |
| 3. Hashim Amla | not out | 30 | 62 | - | 2 | - |
| 4. Makhaya Ntini | ||||||
| 5. Dale Steyn | ||||||
| 6. Paul Harris | ||||||
| 7. Morne Morkel | ||||||
| +8. Mark Boucher | ||||||
| 9. Jean-Paul Duminy | ||||||
| 10. AB de Villiers | ||||||
| 11. Jacques Kallis |
| FOW | 1-121 (Graeme Smith). |
| Extras | 4b, 5lb, 2w, 8nb, 0pen) 19 |
| Total | (for 1 wickets, 48 ovs) 183 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Brett Lee | 10 | 0 | 49 | 0 | (0w,6nb) |
| Peter Siddle | 14 | 5 | 34 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mitchell Johnson | 11 | 1 | 36 | 0 | (2w,1nb) |
| Nathan Hauritz | 10 | 0 | 41 | 1 | (0w,1nb) |
| Michael Clarke | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Matthew Hayden, Simon Katich, Ricky Ponting, Michael Hussey, Michael Clarke, Andrew Symonds, Brad Haddin, Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Hauritz, Peter Siddle